This project I shot during the 2008 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop in Mexico City. I followed young Liliana for 3 days at the Daya Shelter. Her story is as follows:
Liliana Servin, from Mexico City, is a 16 year old mother of two who, up until 2 weeks ago, has been living on the streets of Mexico City since she was 7 years old. The Daya Shelter located in Cuajimalpa, a small town on the outskirts of Mexico City, has taken Liliana and many other girls in the same situation in to help the girls learn how to take care of their babies and children while also learning "normal" everyday tasks like cooking, laundry, cleaning, going to school, and working to prepare these young mothers how to get back into society. Liliana was admitted to Daya on June 6th, a little over a week after she gave birth to Reyna Yolanda on May 27th, 2008. Liliana, whose mother died at age 6, moved to the streets after being sexually abused multiple times by her uncle. The father of Reyna, who Liliana refers to as her husband, is working hard on making enough money to be able to get a nice place for all of them to live. Even though Liliana is happy to not be living on the streets right now, she does not want her stay at the shelter to be long so she can get back to her "husband" and also to be able to see her 3 year old son who lives with her aunt.
Photos by Tiffany L. Clark
© A Child Mother - Images by Tiffany Clark
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